Lisbeth

Theresa found this:

I just read this in one of the book blogs this morning. Yes!

In an interview with Word & Film, Niels Arden Oplev, director of the Swedish film version of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, said the "key to the whole Larsson success is Lisbeth Salander. You have a rich family on an isolated island and in comes this classic investigating journalist with a flair for women. If you read crime novels, there's nothing new about that. But then Lisbeth comes in. That's his stroke of genius. She's this punkish squatter who looks like she walked out of Berlin/Copenhagen in the '80s. At the same time she's the best hacker in Sweden, which is also certainly a cliché, but she gets away with it because she's a woman with the worst past you could ever imagine. And instead of making her a victim, he makes her a fighter. She's the violent dark angel of revenge who draws the line in the sand that says, 'Whatever man dares to cross this line, I will fuck you up bad.' Women respond to the fact that she's not a victim."

In Anticipation of Mockingjay's Meeting

I copied from my family's blog:

About a month has passed...so I now have some perspective. And I realized that I went to three book stores on Mockingjay Day.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...Right?

• HearthFire Books, Evergreen
• Borders Books, Lakewood
• Boulder Book Store, Boulder

Below are a few Mockingjay Moments, but to view the whole slew, click here.

City of Thieves, David Benioff

Needing a little more City of Thieves, found this interview.

City of Thieves

The SPREAD:
Greek ("Greece is closer to Russia than the US") Pasta Salad
Summer Borscht with Tzatziki
Baklava (again, with Greece? DELICIOUS!)
Baked Stuffed Mushrooms
Chocolate Stout Layer Cake with Chocolate Frosting (is this the right one, Alayna?)
Eggplant caviar (recipe?)
Peach-flavored vodka, from Palisade, CO, I think!
Wine and tea served in china - we are so classy if you ignore the YouTube sensation below.

Complete with YouTube sensations, and Mockingjay anticipation, the night was DELICIOUS!

June - "Sookie!!"

6/25/10
Notes to come, but here are some pics!!

Radical 2010 Reading

JAN - Classic - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare
FEB – Lisa's choice: The Help, Katherine Stockett
MAR – Theresa's choice: The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
APR – Kjirsten's choice: The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
JUNE – Suzie's choice: Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
JULY 23rd – Sadie's choice: Committed, Elizabeth Gilbert (+Oscar Wao recap?)
AUGUST 27th – Alayna's choice, City of Thieves, David Benioff (also discuss Oscar Wao?)
SEPT 24th Kristen's choice: Sashenka, Simon Montefiore
OCT 22nd – Leslie (or Jade)’s choice TBD
NOV – (Dec 3rd) Jade (or Leslie)’s choice TBD à we should discuss when to meet.
DEC/JAN 28th – Classic: The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck

Mockingjay meeting to be scheduled for sometime in September, so we have a chance to get and read the book?


I guess we haven’t yet decided on a Mockingjay meeting yet…

Time's Most Influential People 2010

Did you see Suzanne Collins is on there?